Valve.



C. P. ANDERSON.

vALvE. y APPLICATION FILED OCT. I3, |914.

1,171,080. Patented Feb. 8,1916.

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c. P. ANDERSON.

' VALVE.

APPLICATION FILED OCT. I3, i914. 1,171,08@ y ,Patented Feb. 8,1916. 2 SHEETS-SHEETZ.

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'Application fue@ october 13, i914.

' To all whom t may concern:

VVBeit knownthatll, CHARLES P. ANDER- SON, citizen 'of the United States, residing at Seattle, in the county 'oftling and State of Vashington, have invented certainnew and useful Improvements' in Valves, of which'the following is ya speci'ficatiolrKv rlhis invention rrelatestto'valves for controlling the flow vrof a yfluid through a-pipe, and particularly to valves for controlling the distribution of'water through irrigation pipes, in which sediment, grass, roots, and other debris are frequentlyencountered, par-` ticularly wherethe so-calledriser vor outlet is'tapped intov the main pipe and uponthe upper end of .which the controlling valve, such as that herein described, is usually located. Y

lhe invention has forits object to pro-l vide a valve of very simpley and cheap con- Y, v struction which will afford as'free and unobstructed passage for the fluid throughthe valve as is afforded bythe pipe 'to which the valve is attached 4and at the same time will admit of ready removal of the valve lug and afford'free and unobstructed access to the pipe for dislodgment of accumulation therein when theplug is removed. To these ends, the improved valvefembodies as essential structural characteristics, a substantially cylindrical shell open without material restriction in transverse dimension from end to -enoland providing, inaxial alinement through said shell, internally.- threaded endy openings with an intermediate 'valve chamber in communication therewith', and withza discharge spout extendingljaterally from the valve chamber; one ofthe end openings being adapted to receive the end of the pipe Ato. be controlled, Tand the other havin-g Vtted `therein an axially adjustable valve plug,l and aninternal iiange being provided between the valve. chamber and the pipe-receiving (opening, which `has an opening corresponding substantially to thebore -of thepipe and providesa pipe- :under face i and 'fa face M; ,this .l seating flange forming the floor of the vvalve chamber and being,preferablyintherplaneof the bottomY of the spout, Vwhile lthe inner Afend of the valve plug constitutesfthe entireftopwval-l seating abutment by its valve seatby its upper senaiivo. scents.

or ffor -prehen'sion vif manipulated by ymore direct application of the hand. y y

It isltobe understood that the invention is netlimited to device in which'all of Patented reas, raies.

these novel 'features exist simultaneously,

but in such combinations of thesefeatures as are hereinafter pointed out in the claims.

Several embodiments of the invention, as well as a tool especially designed'to enter into combination with the valve, aredisclosed in the accompanying drawings, kin which- Figures 1 of the several .features `of the invention; vFig. 14and2 being axial sections in' a plane through the spout showing the valve open and closed, respectively; Fig.` 3 a section on the'lin'e 3,-3, Figi@ Fig-."4 a section onv the lineelrfll, Fig. 1, andFig.V 5 a top plan view ofthe valve.l- Fig. 6 is a'perspective view ofthe valveoperating key or tooldesigned to enter into combination with the `particular constructionof valve which I prefer totemploy. ',Figs. 7 vto 10 are views illustrating valves with,v modifiedconstructionsy of 'discharge spout; Fig. A7 being anl axial section inthe-plane of thespout; Fig. 8 a section on the yline 8-`8,Fig. 7'; Fig". 9 asectionto'n the line )v9-, '9,Fig. i7 showing one design .of discharge spout, vand Fig. IObeing a side elevation of a valve havinganother design offdischargespout. i'

.In all ofthe fo`rms,."l represents `Vthe valve shell constructed vwith the intermedi:

ate Vvalve hainber Q, .and having in axial alinement'withsa-id valve, chamber, the into '5 illustrate one embodiment y ternallyfthreaded pipe, opening 3 to receive t is further constructed with a discharge spout leading laterally from the valve chamber 2 and preferably having a capacity equal at least to that of the pipe tobe controlled. rlhis discharge spout is represented at 6 in Figs. 1 to il, Where it consists of an oblate bib, Whose hcrizontaldimension is substantially the same as the diameter of thel valve chamber, thereby avoiding stricture against the escape of debris from the valve chamber, and With a lug 6x upon which to hang a distributing trough for irrigation purposes. sented at 6a in Figs. 7 to 9, Where it comprises a bib of circular section having eX- ternal threads Gy for attachment of a distributing connection, While in Fig. 10, it is shown as a straight threaded nipple 6b With the external thread GY.

An internal flange 7 is provided in the shell, Which constitutes the floor of the valve chamber and provides a seat for the valve plug 5 and an abutment for the pipe 8X. The opening of this flange preferably7 corresponds with the bore of the pipe in order to avoid any shoulders, obstructions, or strictures between the pipe and the valve thatWould obstruct the free passage of e debris that may enter the pipe, and also to give free access to the pipe from the upper endv of the shell When the valve plug 5 is removed.

The valve plug is in the form of a hol- I lovv shell to provide a central socket 5a to receive the stock or shank of a tool or Wrench and also to provide a thin bottom Wall 5b upon Which to mount the packing Washer 5C. At top, the valve plug is surrounded by a gripping flange 5d which is preferably formed With rentrant faces, such as shovvn in Fig. `5, to afford a griphold in manipulating the valve plug.

In order to adjust the valve plug, it mav simply be necessary to grasp the flange With the hand; or if necessary to use a tool, the plug is peculiarly adapted to receive a device such as shown in Fig. 6, wherein 8 represents a stock or shank adapted to enter the socket 5a, While 9 are lugs conforming to the rentrant faces of the valve plug flange and 10 is a lever through Which the valve when thus engaged may be turned in either direction. The shank 8 may be conveniently made of a Wooden cylinder secured in position by a pin 9a passing through the flange 9b of the tool head, and it is preferably extended beyond the tool head as at 8a a distance which Will adapt it to serve as a shaft in reaching the valve plug from a standing posture even though the valve may be located quite close to the ground.

From'the foregoing description, it Will be obvious that the improved valve is Well The spout is repreadapted for application to irrigation pipes or other uses Where foreign matter is encountered in the Water or fluid to be distributed; that it is adapted to control the flow of fluid through such a pipe Without offering any obstruction to the escape of debris or foreign matter or.accumulating the same Within the valve chamber; that the valve plug is readily removable and When removed opens up the valve shell to the full diameter of the pipe and affords access of a cleaning tool to the latter, and that withal the device is exceedingly simple and cheap in construction, readily applied and conven4 ient and eective in use.

1. A valve for controlling flow through a pipe, said valve comprising a substantially cylindrical shell having a pipe opening at one end, a valve chamber in its intermediate portion and a valve plug opening at its other end; said pipe opening, valve plug opening and valve chamber being coaxially alined; a discharge spout communicating laterally with the valve chamber and a valve plug threaded in the valve plug opening and axially disposed therein; said valve plug comprising a cylindrical shell having a central socket and a surrounding gripping flange, the threaded portion of the valve plug opening terminating at the free end of said shell permitting removal, Without hindrance of the plug.

2. A valve for controlling flovv through a pipe; said valve comprising a substantially cylindrical shell having a pipe opening at one end, a smooth bored valve chamber in its intermediate portion and a valve plug opening at its other end; said pipe opening, valve plug opening, and valve chamber being coaxially alined and their ren spectiveA diameters of increasing magnitude in the order here enumerated; a discharge spout communicating laterally With the valve'chamber and level With said pipe opening; and a valve plug threaded in the valve plug opening and axially adjustable therein; said valve plug comprising a cylindrical shell having a central socket and a surrounding gripping flange, the threaded portion of the valve plug opening terminating at the free end of said shell permitting removal Without hindrance to the plug.

8. A valve for controlling flovv through a pipe; said valve comprising a shell having a pipe opening, a suitably vented smooth bored valve chamber and av valve plug opening of smaller diameter than said chamber; in combination With a valve plug threaded in the valve plug opening and constructed With a central socket and a surrounding gripping flange, and a removable operating handle for said valve plug comprising a central shank adapted to enter the valve plug socket and centering in the plug, attle, Washington, this 22d dy of Septemand oircumierentially disposed gripping bei', 1914.

lugs adapted to en age the ri pino' flange of said plug, Wherby the pugpma; be de- CHARLES P ANDERSON' 5 tached from the shell by 'simplyunscrew- In presence ofing it. v L. HOWARD SMITH, The foregoing specification signed at Se- CHAS. W. RICHARD.

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